In the last week of March, the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) announced a target of reducing emissions by 0.5% to be met by producers and importers of natural gas through the purchase of biomethane (a substance identical to natural gas but made from biogas) to mitigate emissions. The percentage is double the original proposal sent last year. "The announced target means 480 thousand cubic meters of biomethane daily that will have to be acquired by the agents this year," says the general director of the Totum Institute, Fernando Lopes. The company was the first accredited by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) as a certifying agent of origin, becoming the first entity authorized to certify biomethane producers for the issuance of the Biomethane Guarantee of Origin Certificate (CGOB). For the president of Copersucar, Tomás Manzano, "this is an important market that has a lot of potential." In his assessment, the certificate separates the physical ...